Nicolae Petrescu (footballer)

Nicolae "Nicky" Petrescu (1 April 1913 - 1 January 1991) was a Romanian professional footballer and football manager.

Nicolae Petrescu
Personal information
Full name Nicolae Petrescu
Date of birth (1913-04-02)2 April 1913
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 1 January 1991(1991-01-01) (aged 77)
Position(s) Midfielder, Manager
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928-1947 Juventus Bucharest 100 (0)
Teams managed
1948-1952 Câmpina
1952 Vulcan București
1953-1957 Romania youth
1957-1958 CCA
1958-1960 Dinamo Obor
1971 Turkey
1972-1973 Altay
1977-1978 Samsunspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Professional career

Petrescu spent his entire playing career with Juventus Bucharest, playing 100 games with them as a midfielder, and helped them win their first trophy in the 1929–30 Divizia A.

After retiring, he began managing in his native Romania, with stints at Câmpina, Vulcan București, CCA, and Dinamo Obor. He briefly managed various Romanian youth teams. He spent the 60s as the head of various academies and youth centres. He briefly retired to work with Universities and the government in sport.

He returned to football as a coach with the Romanian Football Federation, before managing the Turkey national football team once in a 1-0 win over Poland in 1971. He then managed Altay and Samsunspor in Turkey before retiring. He wrote 2 technical-tactical books on football.[1][2]

Honours

Juventus Bucharest

References
  1. "EXCLUSIV. Povestea lui Nicolae Petrescu, primul român care a antrenat naționala de fotbal a Turciei". Libertatea (in Romanian). 7 August 2017.
  2. "Macar hocalarımız - A Milli Takım Haber Detayları TFF". www.tff.org (in Turkish).
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